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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

MichaelS said:
I suppose this is the right thread for this. It looks like Western Securities is involved with the redevelopment of Fortress in Kananaskis. Would be great to see the mountain open up again, and have our own alpine village:
www.fortressmountainresort.com

Fortress Mountain Resort

www.fortressmountainresort.com www.fortressmountainresort.com
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This looks more serious than previous proposals.

Hopefully this is only the start with more resort proposals coming out as well as some Provincial legislation to delete the concept of social license
 
There is a social license issue there? That surprises me since it once was a ski hill. What is the issue?

I want to see more skill hills owned by a large pool of owners. This consolidation sucks
 
Mull said:
There is a social license issue there? That surprises me since it once was a ski hill. What is the issue?

I want to see more skill hills owned by a large pool of owners. This consolidation sucks
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Fortress struggled with opposition to approval of on hill accommodation in the past. The current proposal also requests changes to provincial park boundaries. I expect push back and hope the Province has the courage to quash it hard and fast.

I was thinking more about new green field resorts which will almost certainly require adjusting provincial park boundaries and/or lease of public land. Other than reviving the Tent Ridge/Mt Shark proposal, I cant think of any immediate potential. I suspect Castle will come through with a new proposal.

Whistler and Blackcomb were csrved out of Garabaldi Provincial Park.

Canada needs to delete social license in general as onerous approvals drag down productivity. The parasitic ecosystem of NGOs, activists, law firms, government relations firm and civil servants are net negative contributers to GDP.
 
Mull said:
Whatever happen to Wintergreeen skill hill
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They struggled to get snow for a few years in a row in a row and then ceased not long after that. I used to get a family night pass every year ($99.00), and go for a rip after work maybe once or twice a week. It was a good little hill when they had snow.
 
Update on East Village's Instagram. It's social media fluff, but always encouraging. We already know Lyric and Vibe will be soon. It would be awesome of the others were done n 2026 as stated.

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2026 is shaping up to be a big year for development projects in East Village. Five projects are anticipated to break ground, which will bring more than 700 rental and condo homes and 132 hotel rooms to East Village.

Here’s the scoop on what to keep an eye out for:

1. Library Square – 162 rental units, two buildings, six-storeys each
2. Lyric – 208 residential units, six-storeys
3. Vibe – 218 residential units, 1100 square meters of commercial space, 13-storeys
4. The Edgewater – approximately 170 residential units, commercial space, daycare facility, nine-storeys
5. Hotel – 132 rooms, five-storeys
A few screencaps from their drone video.
Lyric
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Vibe
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MichaelS said:
I suppose this is the right thread for this. It looks like Western Securities is involved with the redevelopment of Fortress in Kananaskis. Would be great to see the mountain open up again, and have our own alpine village:
www.fortressmountainresort.com

Fortress Mountain Resort

www.fortressmountainresort.com www.fortressmountainresort.com
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Compared this to a previous proposal: https://files.skimap.org/jgrxx2y64h4vj1b5zs7y4i1pzf1c.png

In terms of proposed ski terrain, the latest propsoal is suprisingly different:
-does not lift service the terrain above the Whiskey Bowl lift. The older proposal had a platter going there. The new one shows a gondola ending at the same point, but for sightseeing only
-on the Farside, the new proposal has 2 lifts accessing terrain behind the Farside. The older propsoal had a platter above Rock Garden
 
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Mountain Man said:
Excited to see a MTB area in the plans!
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Yeah. The latest proposal seems focused on diversifying opportunities beyond skiing. Lift serviced MTB is really lacking proximal to Calgary. Fortress also has some unique hiking opportunities, including access to a rock glacier.

When I was about 8 or 9, I stayed overnight at Fortress with a Beaver Scout group and hiked the glacier. The lodge had really simple, but also really cool, dorm rooms.
 
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I know this isn’t really new info but it’s just surprising to me how many new developments/conversions are going up in this area. Assuming 1.5 people per unit that almost 2500 people there in the next couple years! Obviously the 226 from elements is considered slightly differently.
 
Never went to Fortress, learned to ski at Winter Green, then went right to Sunshine and Louise. Excited for this to happen so I can experience a resort that so many of my friends are so nostalgic for.

As of right now, the only lift access MTB in the entire province (that I know of) is COP. This would be a game changer for mountain biking here and might help take some of the pressure off Moose and West Bragg.
 
Fortress was great back in the day as it was cheap. Used to go there all the time from about age 9 to 12. Could catch a bus from Chinook with a lift ticket for under $20. The bus was full of unsupervised, feral Gen X kids so it was a great time. It did get some exreme wind
 
the government never did decide how to say yes to proposals in the parks or rec areas.

For Spray Valley the government rejected it and it wasn’t in a park — the government expanding the park killed the spa only version of the project. Sort of like coal exploration it wasn’t really a litigious engo thing, it was just generally unpopular no? Plus the government didn’t want to fund a big road upgrade.
 
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